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On sophomore record, Second Skin, Nick and Rachel Kraska eschew guitars in favor of hip-hop and dub arrangements that are seamlessly swirled with Rachel’s classic keyboard licks and Nick’s hard hits of the kit. Think Hammond organ, Clavichord and Melotron over Timbaland-meets-James-Murphy MPC grooves steered by primal drumming.

Though stark a sonic departure from the band’s sparse, haunting 2009 S/T debut, Second Skin continues to traverse dark topics, as heard on the album’s debut single, Kid With a Gun, written days after the tragic Newtown school shootings. Be sure to check out the video for Kid With a Gun (feel free to post and share - continue after video).

Though many of the record’s lyrical themes explore the pair’s fascination with facades and disguises, double lives, hidden powers and dirty secrets, there’s also a sense of hope and fun peeking its way through the clouds, such as a come-hither love song, The Hunter, and a tongue-in-cheek anthem about being kidnapped by aliens, Communion.

Recorded and produced in just eight days with the venerable Bill Skibbe (Wild Belle, The Kills, Fiery Furnaces), Second Skin is a nine-song collection that ultimately broke every rule the duo had set for itself, and the pair is all the better for it.

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For S/T Record

"...sort of like Mates of State with a more jaded world-view." - The Austin Chronicle

"It's soft and rough, mellow and angry. Like when an angry mosquito lands in a tranquil glass of lemonade." - Deckfight

"...putting the "fun" in "funeral"" - Popmatters

"...Their music updates and distills several streams of gothy early-80s postpunk: a touch of Birthday Party-style fuzz and filth, a bit of Siouxsie’s elegant exoticism, a hint of the trippy tunefulness of late Bauhaus...Though all these elements are familiar, Post Honeymoon turn them into something all their own, creating a skeletal style that leaves plenty of pregnant airspace between its blasts of noise." - Chicago Reader

"If there were any justice in the world, a record like this would catch on like wildfire." - New City Chicago

"Post Honeymoon are adept at letting silence fill the void as much as noise... what comes forth is something new and very throat grabbing. I'm willing to bet they give a pretty kick-ass live show, too." - Randomville.com

"When it all comes together, it's a distorted slightly evil sounding wall of noise that's as powerful as an M1 Abrams tank." - First Coast News

"...a debut album that magically combines raw energy with a darkness that may surprise" - WHAT TO WEAR DURING AN ORANGE ALERT: Band of the Week